‘Editor recommends’ Archives
OPINION: New Zealand needs more immigrants
The country’s birth rate has reduced, death rate has increased, and it has recorded one of the lowest rates of population increase overall. It is time for New Zealand to open doors for migrants. Of course, the country can debate on what colour the new residents should [Read More]
UK pays $3.2m to wrongfully held refugees
In what could be the largest immigration detention payout, the British government has paid a million pounds in compensation, and another million pounds in cash (a total of $3.2million), to teenage refugees it had wrongfully detained before 2005, the Guardian reported. The [Read More]
Forum to discuss human rights of Indian migrants
New Delhi is hosting an international conference on human rights concerns of Indian Diaspora on 24 and 25 February. Hosted by Human Rights Defence India (HRDI), a New Delhi-based organisation, the conference on ‘Human Rights Concerns of Indian Diaspora’, will be [Read More]
Meet the youngest person to get pacemaker
Fifteen minutes – that’s how old Jaya was when surgeons sliced open her chest to put pacemaker on her walnut-sized heart. A team of 20 medical staff attended to the 3-pound infant, soon after she was born with a heart beat of 45; a healthy new-born has a heart [Read More]
Police launch tool to predict domestic violence
A tool which predicts the likelihood of re-assault in relationships will become a key part of the New Zealand Police’s response to family violence this year. As many as 39% of New Zealand women suffer physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their [Read More]
Online Australia visa from Brazil, Argentina
Getting visitors visa to Australia has become faster and more secure for tourists from Brazil and Argentina who can now apply online for visa to Australia. Applicants from Brazil and Argentina now have the ability to check the progress of their application electronically, [Read More]
Ayesha Takia angry with Kingfisher
Ayesha Takia has alleged that a Kingfisher Airline staff mistreated her sister and even tore her boarding pass. The Bollywood actor says that her sister, Natasha Takia, was mistreated by the Vijay Mallya-owned airline at Delhi airport “The worst airline, [Read More]
New Zealand closer to building Sai temple
The devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba have come a step closer to building a temple of their beloved deity in Auckland, thanks to the untiring efforts of the Shirdi Sai Sanstan New Zealand. Hundreds of Sai devotees gathered at at 12-18 Princes Street, Onehunga, to witness the [Read More]
OPINION: Honour killings, open immigration and women – a paradox
The latest incident of a Muslim teenager forcibly married off by her father came as a shock to the mainstream society in New Zealand. While such incidents are not rare in conservative countries like Pakistan, it is not what one would expect in the capital city of a western [Read More]
Ethnic women are doubly disadvantaged – activist
While the number of women in leadership roles in businesses is very low in New Zealand, many women face further disadvantage if they are from a minority group, says a women’s rights advocate. The number of females at board level of NZSX top 100 companies is just over [Read More]
